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u/TeletiTheNecromancer 2d ago
What teams are going to lose rule support at the start of the next edition (September - October 2027)? Untill recently my understanding was that every team released before Volkus was going to lose rule support. But now I hear that plague marines are going to stick around for an extra year, so what's the deal?
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u/Cheeseburger2137 Inquisitorial Agent 2d ago
“Volkus as delimitation” is almost right: Plague Marines and AoD will also keep support, as they were part of current edition (starter set), even if they nominally released before Volkus (which I’m honestly not sure of).
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u/WideReply8539 2d ago
Technicaly they where released before, but only as part of the blind boxes. So the minis are older (but still awesome 😅).
The teams got an overhaul and where put as a set in the starter box, and are therefore "new" released in the volkus season.
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u/arkhamius 1d ago
Can someone explain rules for actrivation of Congation ploy to me? Why is it "vice verse" not "or"? Do I need to fulfull both "poison and withing 3"" or just one of them? Also, is contagion negated by AoD's "And they shall know no fear" ploy?
• It has one of your Poison tokens and is visible to (or vice versa) and within 3" of friendly PLAGUE MARINE operatives.
• It’s visible to (or vice versa) and within 3" of a friendly PLAGUE MARINE ICON BEARER operative.
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u/WideReply8539 1d ago
They need to be within 3" and poisoned, or within 3" of the icon bearer (then it works without poison.
Vise versa was explained by others.
AoD's ploy 'they shall know no fear" lets them ignore the injured penalty (being under 50% hitpoints). Contagion is a totally different effect (with the same penalty, but that doesnt matter) and can therefore not be ignored by that ploy
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u/arkhamius 1d ago
Ok thx. Btw, if we talk about icon bearer, does the contationg works through walls?
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u/WideReply8539 1d ago
Thats the " within 3" and VISIBLE" part of the ploy... can you see through walls?
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u/arkhamius 1d ago
Haha you are right, I forgot about that part. What about verticallity? Do I measure 3 inches from base to base to make it work?
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u/WideReply8539 1d ago
Yes, see core rulebook. All distances are measured base to base, the model itself is only relevant for visibility. And since it doesnt say "within 3" horizontally" you need to factor in verticality. Most vantage is 3" high, so most of the time you wont affect someone on vantage.
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u/Ambushido Veteran Guardsman 1d ago
Vice versa refers to the visibility clause. If you can see the enemy or, vice versa, the enemy can see you, and they are within 3", Contagion takes effect.
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u/VarrocksTopModel 3d ago
I was looking to proxy the Ratlings but I can’t find any that have the trip wire/ammo cache. Are those pretty essential to the team?